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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by xrd on Monday September 15, 2025 @08:34PM (#45256658)
Do you use an outdoor camera with this? I'm trying to find one and my c402 does not appear to have that support.
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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by BLKNSLVR on Monday September 15, 2025 @09:13PM (#45256876)
Sorry no.

I use Reolink's for outdoor. The Tapo's are all indoor C210/C211 (cheap, but do the job just fine).

Looks like the C402 has two different hardware versions[0] so maybe the old one doesn't work but the new one does? A firmware upgrade might also be worth trying. This reddit page suggests trying ONVIF as the go2RTC connection[1].

Good luck!

[0]: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c402/

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/frigate_nvr/comments/1liosei/tapo_c...

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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by xrd on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @02:27PM (#45265958)
go2rtc (discussed in another thread here) works flawlessly with that c402. I'm blown away.

Thanks for your comments.

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